Chief Justice vows to fight ‘bullying’ as she faces impeachment

The Supreme Court chief justice has vowed to fight “bullying” as President Duterte’s congressional allies launched an impeachment process against her.

Voting 38-2, the House of Representatives justice committee said there was “probable cause” to impeach Maria Lourdes Sereno. Critics have alleged the move is part of an ongoing efforts by the president to destroy foes and usher in one-man rule.

An impeachment trial in the Senate will follow if the House adopts the committee’s report, which is focused on allegations Sereno failed to pay about two million pesos of taxes.

“All kinds of lies, threats, harassment and bullying have been thrown my way but I will not yield,” Sereno said at an International Women’s Day event in Manila today (Thursday, March 8).

Speaking in a television interview, Sereno said: “The president keeps on disclaiming any knowledge or participation about this whole thing. As for me, if he says he has nothing to do with it, he has nothing to do with it.” However, she added: “We need to ask where Calida’s action is coming from.”

Justice committee chairman Reynaldo Umali said his panel would ask the lower house, which is dominated by Duterte loyalists, to send the case to the Senate for trial.

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Duterte’s ‘War Against Anyone Who Disagrees’ continues.
He especially hates women who disagree.
In a related story, they invented a new way to persecute Rappler (which has a female CEO):
Tax evasion!
If they want to find some real cases of tax evasion…
How about the billions of pesos in Duterte’s bank accounts?
How about the trillions of pesos the Marcoses stole?
They never paid taxes on those funds.